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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that his government is committed to 'zero tolerance' against rights violations.

A Trust in the name of noted English and Malayalam writer Kamala Surayya,who passed away last month,was constituted on Wednesday.

Mayawati in a recent statement had said that Congressmen were doing 'natakbaji' to woo dalits just like Gandhiji.

Kerala cabinet skipped discussion on the issue of Governor Gavai granting sanction to CBI to prosecute Pinarayi Vijayan in a graft case.

A porter on way to the cave shrine of Amarnath was killed and four others injured when a landslide struck Brari marg on the Baltal route.

Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that the atmosphere will help the party in the coming state assembly elections.

Curfew was imposed in some areas of Meerut after Tuesday night’s clashes between two groups over the blocking of traffic at a busy intersection.

Tribals backing the Maoists have put up a three-tier human shield to save them from the crackdown of paramilitary forces.

Grappling with a violent agitation by tribals in Lalgarh,the West Bengal Government on Wednesday alleged that a squad of 100 Maoists armed with sophisticated weapons had entered the troubled area in West Midnapore district from neighbouring Jharkhand.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said the law and order situation in West Bengal is deteriorating fast because of the Maoists violence.

Hardselling J-K as an investment friendly state,CM Omar Abdullah said that India Inc should organise a Davos-type industry meet at Gulmarg.

A day after seven students,who returned here from the US,tested positive for swine flu,five others belonging to the same group were on Tuesday hospitalized after they developed symptoms of the disease.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday set aside bail granted to MNS chief Raj Thackeray by a lower court and asked him to surrender before the Railway court in Kalyan on June 29.

Sending across a clear message that he is unfazed by dissident activity of any sort,Uttarakhand CM BC Khanduri launched a series of public oriented schemes.

Maharashtra Government on Tuesday tabled in the state assembly the action taken report on the Ram Pradhan committee going into the Mumbai attacks,amid protests by opposition.

Heavily-armed Maoist rebels on Tuesday again bombed three government buildings that they had targeted the previous day in the district.

The J&K police chief Kuldeep Khoda has asked security officers in the state to coordinate their activities with para-military to ensure smooth conduct of the Amarnath yatra.

Condemning the killing of its cadre by alleged Maoists,the CPI (M) asked the Centre to immediately send para-military forces to West Midnapore district.

In a bid to attract youngsters to the fold of the Youth Congress,the Congress party has organized a two day talent hunt programme in the capital of Uttarakhand.

Having "chewed" their radio-collars,the three tigers in Sariska will soon get new high-tech and light weight gadgets around their necks to enable officials to track their movement.

The annual Amarnath Yatra began with the first batch of 900 pilgrims leaving Jammu for the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.

Some Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) workers were detained ahead of Monday’s 'bandh' call given by the Sangh Parivar outfit to protest the gangrape of a teenager in Surat.

Maoists on Monday blew up a community centre,a government school building and panchayat bhavan at Chakrbanda village in Bihar's naxal-infested Gaya district.